36 MORE Life Changing Poems Everyone Should Read
I told my friend Anne Marie that I could come up with a list of 36 poems everyone should read to rival Buzzfeed’s list, which was great, but I felt was missing a few important names. 36 names to be exact. Here are 36 heart-polishing poems. 36 atmosphere-shattering poems. 36 poems I love by 36 poets I love. This list is not exhaustive, & by no means should these poems be the only one read of each poet.
Enjoy! HAPPY POETRY MONTH Y'ALL
1. Jeremy Radin, “Moon Wasps”
2. Sara Woods, “City Girl”
3. Heather Christle, “Pursuits”
4. Anis Mojgani, “When We Were Geese”
5. Annelyse Gelman, “Heart”
6. Sierra DeMulder, “The Genius Goes to Church”
7. Karen Finneyfrock, “The Owl Cycle”
8. Aracelis Girmay, “Elegy”
9. Danez Smith, “sideshow”
10. Lesley Yalen, “The Problem of People”
11. Jamaal May, “There Are Birds Here”
12. Cassandra de Alba, “The Bears”
13. John Mortara, “Every Night I Call the Cops On Myself”
14. Franny Choi, “Bird Watching”
15. Saeed Jones, “Thallium”
16. Rachel McKibbens, “A Child Without Arms Running Through a Field”
17. Angel Nafis, “Angel’s Heart Clowns the Ocean”
18. Brennan Bestwick, “Surname Nasa”
19. Tracy K. Smith, “Don’t You Wonder, Sometimes?”
20. Rob Sturma, “Christopher Robin’s Breakup Note”
21. Nikki Finney, “Cattails”
22. Caroline Crew, “The Weather Radio”
23. Kevin Young, “from Book of Hours”
24. Rebecca Lindenberg, “Litany”
25. Shanny Jean Maney, “I Love Science”
26. Farrah Field, “Consciousness Enlarges in an Untoward Present”
27. Airea D. Matthews, “Hero(i)in”
28. Fatima Asghar, “He Huffed and He Puffed”
29. Megan Falley, “new york craigslist>personals>missed connections”
30. Kelly Schirmann, “not asia, exactly.”
31. Emily Kendal Frey, “My Definition of Rape”
32. Carrie Lorig, “Scatterstate”
33. Mathias Svalina, “The Future”
34. Richard Siken, “Saying Your Names”
35. Zachary Schomburg, “The One About the Robbers”
36. Ocean Vuong, “Revelation”
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